Helenson chuckled and said: "Beautiful lady, you don't have to believe it, but do you dare to bet?
After saying that, he sat back on the sofa and looked at Julianne quietly, as if he had understood Julianne correctly.
But he does have the capital to live and feed Julianne. Who makes Julianne just a superficial woman who enjoys sex?
After a while, Julianne gave in and replied weakly: "What will I get if I complete your mission?"
Helenson was very funny in his heart, because he thought it was stupid for Julian to negotiate terms with him. Now he had many cards to play, but Julian had no bargaining capital at all. If he tried to negotiate in this situation, he would be either a fool or an idiot.
.
He thought that the only thing Julian could do was to be a fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered honestly.
It's just that he also knows that he can't push this woman too hard. If she really cheats, it will be a lose-lose result. He has gained the current advantage with great difficulty, how can he give up casually.
So he smiled slightly and said: "Beautiful lady, to be honest, your behavior of asking for high prices is very immoral and makes me unhappy. You must know that you still owe me a huge debt, and the interest alone is an astronomical figure, and I
Not only did I promise to generously forgive all your debts as long as you complete the task, but I also promised not to charge you interest. This is good enough, isn't it?"
Julianne shook her head and said: "No, I know very well how dangerous that mission is. Once I do it, I will become a thorn in the side of the Hohenzollern family and the Ludwig family, which will destroy my family."
Life, I don’t want to live in tears for the rest of my life without any guarantee!”
Without waiting for Helenson to speak, she continued to emphasize: "You must give me enough money, I think it should be no less than one million, otherwise, I would rather go to debt prison than go crazy! You can even think
Think about it, if I tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince what you asked me to do or simply report you to the Russians, what will be the consequences?"
Helenson was stunned. He really didn't expect Julianne to be so "smart" and so "realistic". He cursed in his heart: Damn money-minded woman, she actually threatened me!
Yes, Helenson was too arrogant and too complacent. He forgot that Julianne did not have no trump card at all. On the contrary, her trump card was equivalent to a king bomb, and the consequences of destroying the world would be devastating if she made a move.
Helenson looked at Julianne bitterly. He was nervously calculating the trade-off between interests. It took him a while to figure it out. He replied coldly: "Miss Julianne, I have to say that you are really brave. You are already far away."
Beyond the realm of ladies, to be honest I'm not happy because it means you don't realize how precious and important our friendship is at all. I want to tell you that you have completely destroyed my good impression of you,
It also completely destroyed the friendship between us... You want to be a small businessman who cares about bargaining, yes, that is your freedom and nature, huh! A despising nature!"
After venting for a while, Helenson continued: "At most one hundred thousand, I don't think it's worth it for any more than a penny!"
Julianne looked at him, her eyes full of contempt. Obviously what Austria said just now was too bad, and it didn't look like the attitude a man should have when doing big things. What's the point of personal attacks? What's more, you don't look like someone behind him.
Are you bargaining like a small businessman? That will only turn your previous words into a laughing stock.
However, Julianne was not affected. She counter-offered calmly: "Nine hundred thousand, the reduction of one hundred thousand is based on our previous friendship. For one penny less, you can only watch His Royal Highness the Crown Prince become
Prussia’s son-in-law!”
Helenson was choked, or he was furious. Julianne was much smarter than he thought, and her counterattack was much sharper than him, making him pale in comparison.
"Two hundred thousand, this is my bottom line!" He replied dully.
Julianne quoted the price unhurriedly; "Eight hundred thousand, the risk I have to take is too great. This amount of money is nothing compared to the huge risk."
Helenson's nose was so angry that he really wanted to walk away, but the matter was halfway done. Giving up now would be a waste of all previous efforts. Even if the damn woman in front of him could be thrown into a debt prison and tortured wantonly, Prussia and Baden had finished
A marriage union was a failure for Austria.
He gritted his teeth and replied: "Three hundred thousand!"
Julianne curled her lips and spit out a number very easily: "Six hundred thousand, I know you can figure it out, right?"
Helenson's face turned green. He glared at Julianne fiercely, and after a while he said: "Don't you think you are too greedy? Three hundred thousand is enough for you to live the rest of your life in a superior way!"
Julianne retorted disdainfully: "Then I'm afraid your definition of superiority is too low. For a poor woman, six hundred thousand is far from superior!"
After another moment of silence, Helenson said angrily: "Four hundred thousand! This is already outrageous!"
"Is it outrageous?" Julianne said with a contemptuous smile, "How do I remember Mr. Helenson that you once spent 500,000 in Vienna to support Mrs. Faris? It seems that you are indeed outrageous sometimes. Since you have already been outrageous once
, why not do it again?”
Helenson was dumbfounded. He never thought how Julian knew such tidbits. He thought that this matter was done very secretly, at least not even his wife knew about it, but how did this woman know about it?
?
Julianne explained with a smile: "There are no boundaries for gossips among women. If you want to keep it secret, remember not to be too high-profile next time."
Helenson was depressed for a while. He knew that the matter was in trouble. Is it worthwhile to spend half a million dollars to let Julian destroy the relationship between Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Baden? From an overall perspective, it was definitely a bargain, but he felt that he had been ripped off because
He used to think that Julianne was the kind of pawn who could be dispatched with a few small coins, but now this pawn bit him hard, which was heartbreaking!
He kept calculating the gains and losses, and it took him a while to figure it out. Although the price of hundreds of thousands was indeed beyond his psychological expectations, as long as he could achieve his goal, it would be a great achievement.
This achievement will make him look up to Vienna, and it is natural that he wants to be promoted and make a fortune. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said almost ferociously: "The price is five hundred thousand. If you agree, then do it. If you don't agree, forget it.